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the carolina watchman salisbury n c tkuesday july 25 1ss9 fol xx.-third series no 40 ealleoid election 1 i i '}'. is he it m â– ' : ' i1 t err hum mtj ij,j t ic n ii il;.y f sÂ«-pt mi.i r â– i â– ;â– â– . ml â– â– 1 hi -'â– ii 1 1 \\ , id lllll i . i of tell yenr 01 i â– : i â– : 1 â– â– . â– : w i ! ; 1 â– ; i i 1 1 i , 11 1)1 jivly im-'w r i>i i â– ilvre<l for ' â– iÂ«'ii : rnu.mas i â– i 1 . s w . â– !>- .. ' ... a qowpllte kfwspaper jlmhi vhoi.ina pijkss 1 i:y 1-1..11 1 ! tr â– t u n i\,t rr q q tz k 1 n p p i h c ivi il 3j tl . * o lv i . mi i rue â– tin ;;<) ' j)sn '!<> 77 7*7 /â€¢;: kii ... i i . â– . : â– â– â– f)>l ill till â– â– , â– â– 1,1(1 mil ii .'â– .!â€¢â– : \" ]/ â€¢ - ! . - . 1 ' 'â– qonitz i : y v ,-> ! '^ ic lÂ»y i >. !!. i:\n rss druggist d a at ll's hardwar3 st0r3 ii ilie iii llqi 111 il\v.i\s i i unil rz â€¢Â»*â€¢â– â€¢ 5Â»gm oold v.>!.ii.trnttn i tlaw 1 ' " â– â– " â– " ' v r w is 'â– â– ~ :. ' â– ' 1 - i suosau co lor â– * : 2 i'ortljuiej llitiut absolutely pure tills n.v-lei â€¢â– â– â€¢\ r>i y \ ries . a man i lot â€¢â– <â– ' â– moi i â€¢â– â– inoniii ul ic n-'lin;ii v kinds i i s ild i n â– â– nriii ii t:c ol :â€¢ â– â– â– â– lesi m n . , . , soldo i j 1 n iioy.Â»i 15aki.sc 1'owutk c0..io1 \\ ill : i n for sale liy rinirlmni a co young & bos tinn and x p mm iliy fells <â€¢ a jxim *Â» â– i 1 \ ( i i k â– ! 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' â€¢ era y ii s ruiililt'd with burn innl pini les 1 11 in r 1 â– , 1 mid net ; ir Â« hii-li sii 11 i â– â– i rions ctis incti.-s i.i oriii-r to reinnvo them nml beautify ij 1 improve her 1 nii-ili'xiou lint these loeiil '.:â– â– .â– lv ti'iii[)i:r:iry and left her ,. :.!,-(â– condition [ n mm â€¢:: i an intci u.il prop 1 ration ; nov n .â€¢â– : jot itiie illood halni â€” whiih i ha e , u*hi 1 sm:l -â– iii 1 ",: nil mt two year she i !.-,â– i three luittli - nnil uearh sill pimjiles have disapi il her kii is ofl mid smoolli and lu-i tj-i'iu-ral lieaith much improved she ex j.r â– --.- herself inucli ecratitie-.l and can recoin men i it 1 1 who ar thus affected mns s m waso.v a book cf wondess frif \\\ :â– ;â– ,:} ! â– i â– f-i 1 1 1 form 1 ion aboul the cause j an i i 11 i'.l . 1 i :' u 1 is s . â€¢ . . â– 1 - 1 : 1 anil scrofu ous s !:â– ;â– . s:i p:s rln-uai itlsui ki iney t n i 1 â– . â– rrh e'c can s^uurt 1 ii m ii free : 1 * : ' illusi ; il il book 1 ( w onders lillecl '.'. j 1 1 tlie moat wono iful anil startling prool ,â– . â– â– â– i irekaown vdilr sk 4 , : i bi umi i vi 1 1 1 atlanta <<\ / ; â– 1 ii ill ;,.â– ;â– .., " ps f5:-o sorpi'j liver s*src-hs<ii s ..... .. â– n ii...iri'.iiiiilo:illo bv.ii . - : t i::ic-vjui.zÂ«.'Â«l u au he 1 â– ' % --. . . : . v i , j i r ' : â€¢ '.< â– 'â– - '"â– : 3 ;â€¢â€¢ \ irfitps r \ . ; . 1 > <-..> : y ,...-'-<â– . t'ss ) < i â€¢ i . ' j â– â€¢ > ; : <>.-Â». i i ..:.:. â– '.:..<â€¢ Â« 0 lo Â«-â€¢ 1 ' ;..-<.â€¢;.. i 1 Â» - j -. . . . i i Â»_<â€¢ (..;<â– <-,: ; ?.:;:;â€¢:â€¢;. st xÂ«w i'ork p thj^ips ih & gj sash doors bii icls scroll sawing wjoi turning and castings of all kinds dk.vi.khs in steam engines and boilers steam and water pipe 11 fittiuj c . rim ft inj pulley iisuijutp â€¢ - a so - m 1 liincry of all lin u repaii <-'â€¢! 011 shout soflce mar 15 88 ly 4 kiih ii i 1 1 11 i-i.kmkv cra1ge si clement a + tol'jlcvs j xj x"v%7 s.vr.isiil'uy x ('. \\ 1 i-.i 1 â€” i home company seeking home patronage iff \ : k a steong company i j - ;â– 5-'v,,,,m prompt reliable liberal ! tvai a^etra s75o,ooo the boys to be proud of l(i to ':.â€¢â€¢ i â– "â– - tli.it nro nlwa3's rcaily to do their best u their play or Â« ork >.'.- i i nfnii : . â€” him are of labor ni . r ; ryinj Â« task to shirk v â– -, ii 1 ::.â– _-. i â€¢â– ;. ;.!.'â€¢; do it ' and i lining it off lill hy-anrt-by but fucing ira eli task u itli a stunly ci urage a willing in-art and a brave 111 try such are the boys we all depend on r-mi'-h m the hoys who will some day win t..fv shut the do rs ol their hearts and guard tin m a gtiiusl liad thoughts that would fain come in though on'v boys ns aÂ«re is reckoned thev are r ul \ men at hi'ii rt say i and ii mak - in â€¢_ â– : â€¢â– mid | roud to s e tin in and the uor'.'i ill be j roud of tin m br -- f.len /â– '. eexfard a will ride it fi n't l.c done 1 -\\."<! ic caught !" l i'ii tell you low and the third speaker who stood facing his two companions i ovs iib til ins own iu stepped i little i r;;ivr s he spoke he v s i bright ulyrt boy of 1 hitrrv denton by name the only son of a trusted engineer on the \\ . and a railroad a born mechanic find mathematician he was h1 the best scholar in our school while his ( pen generous nature and fearlessness made him the leader of the village bo s his companions were iihs ijalyn si quiet studious boy the only child of i a widow whose slender income barely | sufficed to provide for the two and with careful management to give the boy such iii education s she wished him in have 1 iie last of 1 he i rio and i he narrator of il.i e ( a a e i a;cj;ll d"ned i'a - iland his special attributes were a ; love for mechanics and an aptitude fur . ting into scrapes it was 1 he e ening of fast day ! 1sg3 t time when thai day meant fur mure t ban it does in t hese t imes f | pca<-e a sunday j net was upon ! the bnisy vil'age tnd mil v the music of the church bells could be beard where ! we l s si ood before the civil war began steven â– tun was as dull a place as could be : found in new england s ve for the i small repair shops of the w and a ; railroad whiih were located at that | plarc as ir was midwa between the termini there were e i e!lent wa e i urivileges bul the watei 1 power of mill i liver was uii!i/ed by but one small j t-onceri a vvoolen mill ihiit stood close to 1 1 '' rsiilroi d sho|Â»s the war changed all this the rail road became a gre t transportation line and the rolling stock and in chine slums were more than trebled within i two years a new company bought the mill added buildings oi brick and stone and began the manufacture of i army clot h lis contract necessitated running the mills night and day and a speed v ! innovation of the progressive manage ment was a small gas works attached j to the mills as the railroad repair shops were often forced to run over lime arrangements were m.ule to sup \ plv them with gas from the mill plant j at this time man \ roads lighted their jissenger cars wiih l;a which was sloitd in iron rt'fervoiis beneath thej cars lu the station platform were pits furnished with hose for tilling these holder at steventon the roal curves slight ly to i ht soul h and at this poinl a j branch running northwest connects tlii main line with aim her village ! about eight miles up the river neari its intersection with the vv and a railroad this branch crosses the tail race from the mill and then the river an ingenious mechanic in the rail road mactii.it slo^s had built for the directors a di patch car pivpelled by a i gas engine it resembled an ordinary platform car was about eighteen feet j i in length ami geared to one of its journals was an adaptation of the le noir gas motor in this engine a mix i t u iv of gas and atmospheric air is ad mitted to each side of the pist n head alternately and the compound explod ed at the right moment by an electric ! spark from a ituhmkorff coil a two j bar railing of u r as pipe surrounded the ; platform with an opening on one side for mgre.-s and egress near oi,e end over the forwuad or driv ng wheels j ; whiv the throttle and reversing levers the brake was a ste 1 collar surround ing a cylinder on the main j mrnal and ! by me hi of a screw coubl l>e tight e ied bv turning an ord narv brake wheel the car though unfinished as yet had 1 in de several trial trips and had worked perfectly though the builder was noi yet quite satisfied with some of its f i a | j hires now the proposition wnich had so started \\ i.is and me was til if we get this car out til its g.is holder and rake a ride up tho branch harrv had : been on it several times and knew that : he could handle it i'll tell yon how he said and no one will be caught either mv i key unlo k â– the sii j d where it is kept ; we will lay strips of board on rue rails so hi wheels will make no j sound fill the holder push l he car up t he branch line t i the bi d r e and away vve go we cm easily <_ r f buck b foi o i be special wit h tne t w o regiun nt.s tor greenville i riaie at this placi " our objections were quickly over ruled and wieh one pyo iijm:i the watchman's liuitern which occasional ly shone here ami there as that offi eiil went his rounds in the railroad van we proceeded to carry out our | plan all went smoothly ind in fifteen minutes we had filled the hoi ler pushed the ear to the trestle over the race and were ready to set i out we toolv our places on the platform ami when the watchman's lantern \ again disappeared hairy opened the throttle the steady but almost noise i less beat of the engine followed and ' we moved smoothly forward acres the trestle spanning the race along the embankment beyond and then over the trestle that crosses \ mill mirer two miles further we ga scd a culvert and about the same distance bevond a bridge over the high vvav alter crossing this harry closed ! the valve and aliened the car to come to a standstill now for a spin lack he d iid and quickly reversing the engine he open ed the throttle again there wasa pe culiar jumping motion as we started and harry in some way lost his bal ance fell forward and sideways j and carrying the lever down with him i it opened the valve to its fullest capac : ity there was a sudden lnrching for j ward of the car and in a moment the tremendous speed of the engine added to the force of gravitation for it ! was down grade now sent us for i ward like a;i arrow the air seem ed to liss past us so great was our ; speed fiarn regained his fee at onee and called to me ned the level 1 is bent ( vjv the guide rods help mestraight ei it but our efforts was useless we only ] bent it in another place while the united strength of all tinv 1 could not . shut the valve tlie brake xed said harry and catching the wheel i gave it a quick turn even as i saw how losely it spun around harry exclaimed no u-e the collar is o.i aliens bench 1 saw it there this morning we are j i.i for : . boys ' we \ ere even while we had been j making the discovery we had reached the high embankment near the river a nioiiieiit more and there w.i a liur r-r-r is we sped over the trestle a brief interval scarcely noticeable and : a shorter liur-r-i ! mounded the next i steventon station and shops were be ore u and on the platform with ian | tern held above his head stood the i watcinan \\ e h.h ilirown our.-elves flat t j >< n j the floor forward before cros.-ing he ! 1 1 i"ii i nes l he car s win g round i lie curve in safety gained ihe main line and | sped on tow a i'd the next station of ha ii field a town of some importance l2 ! iniies below vv mis had not spoked since our mis j hap he now asku !. in a voice so j chang d f hat 1 \\ ouiil never have know.i ' i!."l)uii you think the watchman will telegraph them to sidetr ek } us at huiiiieid or do something for us ! he c-iiiiio s.iul i:i irry ew*u 1 1 he could tind our operator the han j field office is closed don't worry boys he added cooil ; we are all right j if our engine runs town before the special meets us oddly enough i had forgotten the j special i rain which was to bring t.ven ty-two hundred recruits up to the j camp at j/airview and a h irry sp ike j a chill crept over in ai.d a horrible buzzing tilled my ears and then ever seme was strained to catch some sign of t he dreaded train still our speel was midiinirnshed i \\ e sped through cuts and over bridg es past l>:irim and p ist quiet i arm hous es on on on hark called harry involuntarily for we could not be quiet or alert and then to our ears was borne the sound of a distant whistle the special w as i oming again the whistle sounded nearer than before and to me it seemed like a human shriek in another moment we caught sight of a white light high above the track the central ro.sd crossed us here at \ grade and this was the signal to the special train that our line was open an i th.-u to the left of the track we | discerned a lantern borne by a man who seemed to be running toward ns hut these signs wevo forgotten in an i instant as the glare of a locomotive headlight burst full upon us lighting the rails ahe d until they seemed like liars of fin what my feelings ww i cannot i ! tell ! only know mat i was powerless j to move hand 01 to t 1 could only | i watch the flaming meteor that neared j i us so rapidly all at once i saw a lantern swuri ' aloft at our left and the man who i h./ld it shouted something i could ' not make out then at the very ino | ment that we seemed about t > crush i into the hissing monster before us our car swerved violently to the 1 ft while â– the two locomotive and the long i l rain of cars thundered by on the ot tier | side | \ sh-;t distance we ran with rapid | 1 slackening speed then left the rails . and plunging into the sand stopped short i rolled off umw the rai ng and knew nothing more until a man i-ai.sod i.if i m led and asked it i hs hurt i soon recovered sufficiently to walk to the station whither harry had pre ceded me while poor willis who lavas ' oin dead w is carried to the h ml.sg of a i physician near by there was not a little excitement ' over our escapade but it died awa fin ally with no prosecution it came out that the watchman at steve n ton had rightly guessed the trou ble when we sped bv him and had sin ceeded in getting a telegram to hnn tield just in time to save us to stop the special was of no use even if ihev could do so in time which was doubtful ' t.s it was in sigut when the message vas received so a man was sent to shift us to a side track if possible and this he succeeded in doing running us upon an uphill spur ; which led to a sand bank by the road it was a long time before ilii i could be brought home s,.t great was j the shock lo his nervous system he nevi r fully recovered and died before he had reached this twenty-third birth day harry suffered in no way from the horrors of that night and is now a well known inventor and builder m the great west as for myself it was long before i could hear a locomotive whistle with out a nervous tremor and even now after a lapse of a quarter of a century ! i sometimes awaken at night with u j start for in my dream i have seen a : locomotive headlight glaring at me in menace coming oil swiftly as if to crush me to death my nerves still cherish the memory of that hideous adventure â€” edicin l johnson in yuiifli's ( oinpeuiioji â€” r - tt tin are the ilomans all deal davidson dispatch a few years ago h writer witness ed a part of the proceeding of a demo cratic congressional convention at lial eigh there were several candidates a.il the contest was long and heated the late thomas uuffin was there sup porting loii n \\ . graham for the nom ination ballot alter ballot was taken and excitement rose t the highest pitch tin-re were no probability that the convention would agree upon a candidate but the friends of each rival were bidding their ground with a zeal thai was intense when the excite ment had reached n point where it seemed that it could rise no higher a ioice was iie.ird proposing the nanieol iuiiiin as a compromise candidate in | an install t the wildest confusion en sued men shouted waved their hat and screamed until they were hoarse i'lte proposal was received with enthu siasm th.it promised an unanimous adoption bul midst the din the tall g n n i'oi m of 1 l.o n is ruffi.i ro Â« in the convention those long arms so ta in ir to courts and juries waved over the noisy multitude and commanded silence he spake and every ear was strained to caich ins words hi said tli.ii iie was there supporting mr gra ham for the nomination and though the convention were ready to nominate ii.m with unanimity he would refuse tu take advantage of the misfortunes of his friend 1 le declined to let liis name be considered by the conven tion what followed is well known graham was nominated and was de feated at the polls few men doubt that the result would have been other wise bad kuftin been the candidate but the consciousness of duty well per formed even at the expense of so much devotion and self-.sacrifice was worth more to such a man as he than all j worldly honors thomas hutfin has but lately passed away from among us but he has left a ua and example that are a price less heritage to the young men of north carolina are the lioiiians all dead thomas liuffin is dead but let us hope that his example w ill prompt others to deeds of noble self-sacrifice iiucl that his influence will live after him in the hoarts and lives of future ' generations of xo.th carolina new york churches n v star the new york chure property as 1 it stands to-day is worth in round rig i;i"s not less that ss ih)0,00'j this i u irmous sum is distributed cmequally among over fourteen distinctive de nominations and a large number of in dependent churches an 1 missions â– the greatest part of this property is exempt from taxation the richest denoiiiinouoii in the city is the pro ; testant episcopal whose property i 1 valued at some 2 1,000,000 and fol i lowed by roman catholic presbyter ian aud'dutch reformed churches in i ; order named in the protestant episcopal church i trinfy parish stands at the head own â– ing more property than all the other episcopal parishes put together _ the tr.nilv palish is by far the richest ; owned by any one parish in this eouu trv and even in tbe worlk the tax able propert which produces an an nual income and is leased f r secular purpose is valued at only 8 0ix),000 ! but the iiumense block upoii which trinita church and st paul's chapel stands are worth enormous stin be sides thi the many church building and graveysir.u of the pariah swell the v lume ol 1'r i t estate to a great tn icrnitude i his income is not u isteil but i spent dn iuy t hr yvar in c'n v.u;-u uuil churities a charlotte man abroad iiirlutti chronicle venice italy july 4 1ss9 10:30 p m last niffht at ( i o'clock i left \ ei;iia trav liner f course f;ist i<!een until 0 i m di-il lv . wlien 1 found my**lf going through the vuller.s of tin i s where t lie seenery is su perb at u i in i reached potfhba tiip a â€¢! t ri in italian frmtitr station where i ..-:. m ihmisp fficer approach ed us : - 1 i visit i i um^li i h li ; i it f i!m ll.lt |,;! 1 ) i 1!1s\vc!\'1 him vit!i o:ih lir.i | 2 i â€¢â€¢ nts ) and ie niainej uiidisturlje.l passing thm-.inrh vrhaps twenty j five tunnels i ivf.ln'l lmrice a lunch station as i could not make known my wants a waiter concluded i was english or american ami the words roast licet fell from his lips 1 nod ded mv head roust beef came it leust it looked like it but i am sure my dotf would not have touched it next station was mestre from here i could see the monuments and towers of venice the wonderful city n the adri atic sea before reaching venice i passed over a fine load about three miles across the swamps then over a solid stone bridge \ about two miles lon 1 soon entered a grand depot judging from the many tracks and engines and cars right outside of the depot i thought myself in some live american city of about 21)0,000 inhabitants i alighted from the cars followed the man who carried my baggage instead of find ing the usual cab of america voitnre of paris . the droschke of berlin the ti tkei o yitiini i found a hundred or more gondolas the depot being direct ly in the grind anal my gondola went up tiir grand canal a few blocks a dozen or more side streets under as i in mv bridges landing at the gran hotel victoria a five story structure which rests on 3.600 piles of lebanon i wood the hotel is quite handsomely furnished white marble stairways and ' : spotted marble floors throughout the i iiuildiiifj the main part of this ho til was built in about 1240 over 800 years ago there are many a sidewalk to be ;' seen with ancient stone and m irble ] houses nearly all three to six stories i high these blocks and houses rest on 1 piles of l'binoi woal w!Â»i h are iriven in about thiiiy-'he fe deep the streets arc generally six to eight ! peet wide and as there are neither horses nor vehicles to b see:i n r heard it is a very noiseless city | fruit peddlers and the gondola men i are making all the noise heard the grand ana extends around the en tire city and is perhaps 125 feet wide whilst the side streets in whiih the gondolas carry their wares and pa-s"ii gers vary from eight to fifteen in width 1 often wonder how tliesr gondolas and little streamers avoid collision but the gndolamen handle them as well as the cabman handles hishore a gon dola with one mm at work go s as fast as a rapid walk two men drive a lrou dola as fast as a pair of ho.-.-es trotting through a city after dinner about 7:3 > to-night 1 h'red a gondola the beautiful air the bright moon a id the lovely music offered sufficient amusements i had often heard and read of the beautiful gondoln ri l-Â»s on the grand canal i expected much and was not disappoint ed about every 200 feet apart i heard vocal and instrumental music j musicians going along in a handsome ly illuminated gondola rendering mus ic for '. > to o > gondalas which are j filled with people following them , ( c a<iona!lv every gondola comes to n halt the music goes on so does the man with the hat who steps from one gondola into the other to gel a few centisimi day and night can be c^n in open streets men and women boys and o-jils coming from their houses in bathing costumes jumping into the streets or rather water for a swim in igins from their looks t ey need : it at night sometimes to avoid collision with gondola thev have a lantern sfcr.tpp â– 1 on top of their heads the weather to-dav w is beautiful the ihernn m ter this aft r:ioi u stand \ inij at 8g d . to-night i g ont at st harco place here i foun i pe pl p â€¢ en â– iiliu r as thic'ilv a i i lir i id way new york the sfju ire ih full i of shops and there is also a public r inl.-n on the square i real genuine garden with trees an 1 bush s none higher though than a peach tree to moirow i will hire a guide and | visit s-ome of the large man is of venice e\t sunday i h ill be in rome a few ih later in naples and from ! there ( shall drive over to pomn-ii an 1 go on mount vesuvim i shall nls > take a sail on med i terra nian sea j and return to bivm â– :, to s iil for n'ew york on july 2 it-h : via rome pisa genoa turin milan st gotthard cossel frankfort on the main ( j.'o i night with best wishes fora hi bnsines.-i in vfiui new q larter i rema n yours truly j.:s b.vi.rrh p s tho chronicle reaches me r lite regularly aÂ«-d it w a source of pie sure and ssitisfaction and a sur prise to p ip who -â– â– â– â– it and who are ;,.; i hint's o ir di ily pi per we have onlv 1 t,of)0 i lit its statesville vs green-boro am greensboro doyvatei as csual d.i motts mastery o lilt pabty i n r tuiiir the fly-blowing that the north state and that most r â€¢> >.â– >â€¢ i'Â»lf por tion ol the hep in fan p \ . f surtli carol in i t which it i lead r have n ceived at the hands of the mott wiug of the party has brought 1 , r h k\ski pers and the north state i.iys in r - spects to dish-faced in i.i and his n i - enue riiiÂ«/ster.-i in north cuiuiinu wiin gloves i tl it is the old lcionul figl t ot sr.iti s hi itgiiin>t uiv-cuaboru jlott ag.iinsl keough and boy d with state ville mi top and with mott seated mo e firmly in the saddle than li . wr was before i'he topic predicted ov.-r 1 y.;ar ago that if harrison were eta teil dr mott would bean influential man in tht uepublican ranks but it did nut anticipate such an overwhelming scoop ol patronage its he has grabbed hew more of a boss than he ever was \\ : took for granted that president harri son would compel the north carolina factions to settle their differences and to divide out the pap among them selves he has not done so but u;is sidetl with tun faction ui<l thrown the thÂ».r overboard if the crowd that i in tl.r water have no life preservers along they are pretty good ut kicking out ana will do some very vigorous splashing for t lie shore 1 he leading republican paper iii ninth carolina that has pep haps four times as in uiv readers as uiv other republican paper in the state cannot be shoved so contemptuously aside without serious results to hv harmony of the party i mott i a bold ami dashing leafi er more like mahone tbaa anv other republican iu the h uith ami he h much of the audacity ajiil many uf the dictatorial ways that > hanutti u/.e the little \ irginian lie va the origi.o tor of the liberal muvtia nt of jns that w,.s so sterile of results and that has always be n so unpopular with the rank ami file of the republicans v â€¢ he clings to the idea that underlies tual movement 1 " with teuaeity ami insi<tn upon working along that line mi placiug of apt ch.ts price in the ili.s irirt attorueyship and other si.ua ilar appointments are sufficient evidence of this mahonc like he does tiit get'js in conciliate his opponents font to whip them in line or ireez them out h:i e or ruin lias been attributed to him v as a motto by b h l a -. still the doctiur is 9h;*ewi tunl ur know that he h.is laid before mr har rison a platwble prog a m me for the fu ture conduct of the ttepiiblicun par y in north carolina - a prograisute so plausible that the presideiii took l serious resj>ons;bility upon his shoulder of so far turning his biu-k upnu h < i the north ciroliua roptiuiunii repn sentatives in cougressi i*xc pt r.vait and upon thegre.it iu.is.iof the respect able element ot the party m the suite di represented by the north r3t.it 1 , a to give the whole disputing uf patron age to the doctor iv.vart onh got in to the ring by swearing fealh t mott this programme ( it is not necessary ro speak of it particularly at present i 1 a shrewd but visionary dream of the aoclor and c.1.1 nevei tie carried through without the co-operation of the north state whig and 11 may !â€¢.â– set down for a fact that hu will never receive tl.it it involves a complete revolution with in the ranks of the republican party mr james e uoyd one of the edi tors of tbe north state was one of the eleciors-at-large on the harrison ticktt last fall was fora ioiil time distlict attorney and is said to l>e tli nblt*st repitblican speaker iu the state vet he receives nothing a r 1 1 â€¢ â– othce he sought the district attorneyship was _ i \ en to captain price a liberal con vert of iss2 a iu in vvli > is t:!i;ir^'',l with being a democrat cÂ«>ngressinau lirower hsu no influence at the \\ 1 1 i * Â« Â» hoa e and has to e ol his shins in the ante-rooms while dr m tt chitsco ily with the dish-faced man within the inner circle not content with treat iug the congressman v i t li contempt the administration's underling eaves and white white's wife is said to bo kiii to harrison are charged with the invention of using the revi tine ma chine to defe.it l mv't price is a dem nr.it i i charged ai anv rate a true-blue k p ibliciin h .-â– the north state seeu any significance in the fact that district attorney i'ri 1 h;;s not lesigri h his petition i-s attor roniev for the richmond nnd d-uville k lilro id company - la not t ye.ir fees as district nttorucj euuiigli for him does the north state \>< ,., v i i,i re is any permanence iu price - appoint meiit to the di-t r l &\ â– .:;â€¢â€¢ - ship j'iii is not a democratic l'.v<-!e,t-t and we are only mttin iu tl â€¢ gallery during rhe interesting perform net but we c mnot resist the pleasure of m mi festing i lively interest in the outcome the denouement of the intricate plot we like n ; ivtty i lay the brethren u ii i are iii l he soup and epm to have i .â€¢:.â€¢â– of !'.â€¢â€¢- on them will plea uc . i r their democr.itic friendi ussur.iucr o their most profound cuuiinnhtutuiu the giunt diaiiixiitl lultl uiiwovenr in cape colony and now at the 1'uiim exposition wfci^h.i iso kurut ami Â»-â€¢ valued it 13,000,000 it u k s u * iu c hv itself ami iiiniliuiio.>iaiiii uluujmi it li l v at iii^-il t is pluvÂ«d ill ., ; â– . j .; . whl ti â– â€¢ lui iwrlj

the carolina watchman salisbury n c tkuesday july 25 1ss9 fol xx.-third series no 40 ealleoid election 1 i i '}'. is he it m â– ' : ' i1 t err hum mtj ij,j t ic n ii il;.y f sÂ«-pt mi.i r â– i â– ;â– â– . ml â– â– 1 hi -'â– ii 1 1 \\ , id lllll i . i of tell yenr 01 i â– : i â– : 1 â– â– . â– : w i ! ; 1 â– ; i i 1 1 i , 11 1)1 jivly im-'w r i>i i â– ilvre- .. ' ... a qowpllte kfwspaper jlmhi vhoi.ina pijkss 1 i:y 1-1..11 1 ! tr â– t u n i\,t rr q q tz k 1 n p p i h c ivi il 3j tl . * o lv i . mi i rue â– tin ;; 77 7*7 /â€¢;: kii ... i i . â– . : â– â– â– f)>l ill till â– â– , â– â– 1,1(1 mil ii .'â– .!â€¢â– : \" ]/ â€¢ - ! . - . 1 ' 'â– qonitz i : y v ,-> ! '^ ic lÂ»y i >. !!. i:\n rss druggist d a at ll's hardwar3 st0r3 ii ilie iii llqi 111 il\v.i\s i i unil rz â€¢Â»*â€¢â– â€¢ 5Â»gm oold v.>!.ii.trnttn i tlaw 1 ' " â– â– " â– " ' v r w is 'â– â– ~ :. ' â– ' 1 - i suosau co lor â– * : 2 i'ortljuiej llitiut absolutely pure tills n.v-lei â€¢â– â– â€¢\ r>i y \ ries . a man i lot â€¢â– : y ,...-'- ; : <>.-Â». i i ..:.:. â– '.:...'.- i i nfnii : . â€” him are of labor ni . r ; ryinj Â« task to shirk v â– -, ii 1 ::.â– _-. i â€¢â– ;. ;.!.'â€¢; do it ' and i lining it off lill hy-anrt-by but fucing ira eli task u itli a stunly ci urage a willing in-art and a brave 111 try such are the boys we all depend on r-mi'-h m the hoys who will some day win t..fv shut the do rs ol their hearts and guard tin m a gtiiusl liad thoughts that would fain come in though on'v boys ns aÂ«re is reckoned thev are r ul \ men at hi'ii rt say i and ii mak - in â€¢_ â– : â€¢â– mid | roud to s e tin in and the uor'.'i ill be j roud of tin m br -- f.len /â– '. eexfard a will ride it fi n't l.c done 1 -\\."e tight e ied bv turning an ord narv brake wheel the car though unfinished as yet had 1 in de several trial trips and had worked perfectly though the builder was noi yet quite satisfied with some of its f i a | j hires now the proposition wnich had so started \\ i.is and me was til if we get this car out til its g.is holder and rake a ride up tho branch harrv had : been on it several times and knew that : he could handle it i'll tell yon how he said and no one will be caught either mv i key unlo k â– the sii j d where it is kept ; we will lay strips of board on rue rails so hi wheels will make no j sound fill the holder push l he car up t he branch line t i the bi d r e and away vve go we cm easily < n j the floor forward before cros.-ing he ! 1 1 i"ii i nes l he car s win g round i lie curve in safety gained ihe main line and | sped on tow a i'd the next station of ha ii field a town of some importance l2 ! iniies below vv mis had not spoked since our mis j hap he now asku !. in a voice so j chang d f hat 1 \\ ouiil never have know.i ' i!."l)uii you think the watchman will telegraph them to sidetr ek } us at huiiiieid or do something for us ! he c-iiiiio s.iul i:i irry ew*u 1 1 he could tind our operator the han j field office is closed don't worry boys he added cooil ; we are all right j if our engine runs town before the special meets us oddly enough i had forgotten the j special i rain which was to bring t.ven ty-two hundred recruits up to the j camp at j/airview and a h irry sp ike j a chill crept over in ai.d a horrible buzzing tilled my ears and then ever seme was strained to catch some sign of t he dreaded train still our speel was midiinirnshed i \\ e sped through cuts and over bridg es past l>:irim and p ist quiet i arm hous es on on on hark called harry involuntarily for we could not be quiet or alert and then to our ears was borne the sound of a distant whistle the special w as i oming again the whistle sounded nearer than before and to me it seemed like a human shriek in another moment we caught sight of a white light high above the track the central ro.sd crossed us here at \ grade and this was the signal to the special train that our line was open an i th.-u to the left of the track we | discerned a lantern borne by a man who seemed to be running toward ns hut these signs wevo forgotten in an i instant as the glare of a locomotive headlight burst full upon us lighting the rails ahe d until they seemed like liars of fin what my feelings ww i cannot i ! tell ! only know mat i was powerless j to move hand 01 to t 1 could only | i watch the flaming meteor that neared j i us so rapidly all at once i saw a lantern swuri ' aloft at our left and the man who i h./ld it shouted something i could ' not make out then at the very ino | ment that we seemed about t > crush i into the hissing monster before us our car swerved violently to the 1 ft while â– the two locomotive and the long i l rain of cars thundered by on the ot tier | side | \ sh-;t distance we ran with rapid | 1 slackening speed then left the rails . and plunging into the sand stopped short i rolled off umw the rai ng and knew nothing more until a man i-ai.sod i.if i m led and asked it i hs hurt i soon recovered sufficiently to walk to the station whither harry had pre ceded me while poor willis who lavas ' oin dead w is carried to the h ml.sg of a i physician near by there was not a little excitement ' over our escapade but it died awa fin ally with no prosecution it came out that the watchman at steve n ton had rightly guessed the trou ble when we sped bv him and had sin ceeded in getting a telegram to hnn tield just in time to save us to stop the special was of no use even if ihev could do so in time which was doubtful ' t.s it was in sigut when the message vas received so a man was sent to shift us to a side track if possible and this he succeeded in doing running us upon an uphill spur ; which led to a sand bank by the road it was a long time before ilii i could be brought home s,.t great was j the shock lo his nervous system he nevi r fully recovered and died before he had reached this twenty-third birth day harry suffered in no way from the horrors of that night and is now a well known inventor and builder m the great west as for myself it was long before i could hear a locomotive whistle with out a nervous tremor and even now after a lapse of a quarter of a century ! i sometimes awaken at night with u j start for in my dream i have seen a : locomotive headlight glaring at me in menace coming oil swiftly as if to crush me to death my nerves still cherish the memory of that hideous adventure â€” edicin l johnson in yuiifli's ( oinpeuiioji â€” r - tt tin are the ilomans all deal davidson dispatch a few years ago h writer witness ed a part of the proceeding of a demo cratic congressional convention at lial eigh there were several candidates a.il the contest was long and heated the late thomas uuffin was there sup porting loii n \\ . graham for the nom ination ballot alter ballot was taken and excitement rose t the highest pitch tin-re were no probability that the convention would agree upon a candidate but the friends of each rival were bidding their ground with a zeal thai was intense when the excite ment had reached n point where it seemed that it could rise no higher a ioice was iie.ird proposing the nanieol iuiiiin as a compromise candidate in | an install t the wildest confusion en sued men shouted waved their hat and screamed until they were hoarse i'lte proposal was received with enthu siasm th.it promised an unanimous adoption bul midst the din the tall g n n i'oi m of 1 l.o n is ruffi.i ro Â« in the convention those long arms so ta in ir to courts and juries waved over the noisy multitude and commanded silence he spake and every ear was strained to caich ins words hi said tli.ii iie was there supporting mr gra ham for the nomination and though the convention were ready to nominate ii.m with unanimity he would refuse tu take advantage of the misfortunes of his friend 1 le declined to let liis name be considered by the conven tion what followed is well known graham was nominated and was de feated at the polls few men doubt that the result would have been other wise bad kuftin been the candidate but the consciousness of duty well per formed even at the expense of so much devotion and self-.sacrifice was worth more to such a man as he than all j worldly honors thomas hutfin has but lately passed away from among us but he has left a ua and example that are a price less heritage to the young men of north carolina are the lioiiians all dead thomas liuffin is dead but let us hope that his example w ill prompt others to deeds of noble self-sacrifice iiucl that his influence will live after him in the hoarts and lives of future ' generations of xo.th carolina new york churches n v star the new york chure property as 1 it stands to-day is worth in round rig i;i"s not less that ss ih)0,00'j this i u irmous sum is distributed cmequally among over fourteen distinctive de nominations and a large number of in dependent churches an 1 missions â– the greatest part of this property is exempt from taxation the richest denoiiiinouoii in the city is the pro ; testant episcopal whose property i 1 valued at some 2 1,000,000 and fol i lowed by roman catholic presbyter ian aud'dutch reformed churches in i ; order named in the protestant episcopal church i trinfy parish stands at the head own â– ing more property than all the other episcopal parishes put together _ the tr.nilv palish is by far the richest ; owned by any one parish in this eouu trv and even in tbe worlk the tax able propert which produces an an nual income and is leased f r secular purpose is valued at only 8 0ix),000 ! but the iiumense block upoii which trinita church and st paul's chapel stands are worth enormous stin be sides thi the many church building and graveysir.u of the pariah swell the v lume ol 1'r i t estate to a great tn icrnitude i his income is not u isteil but i spent dn iuy t hr yvar in c'n v.u;-u uuil churities a charlotte man abroad iiirlutti chronicle venice italy july 4 1ss9 10:30 p m last niffht at ( i o'clock i left \ ei;iia trav liner f course f;ist i to-night 1 h'red a gondola the beautiful air the bright moon a id the lovely music offered sufficient amusements i had often heard and read of the beautiful gondoln ri l-Â»s on the grand canal i expected much and was not disappoint ed about every 200 feet apart i heard vocal and instrumental music j musicians going along in a handsome ly illuminated gondola rendering mus ic for '. > to o > gondalas which are j filled with people following them , ( c a take a sail on med i terra nian sea j and return to bivm â– :, to s iil for n'ew york on july 2 it-h : via rome pisa genoa turin milan st gotthard cossel frankfort on the main ( j.'o i night with best wishes fora hi bnsines.-i in vfiui new q larter i rema n yours truly j.:s b.vi.rrh p s tho chronicle reaches me r lite regularly aÂ«-d it w a source of pie sure and ssitisfaction and a sur prise to p ip who -â– â– â– â– it and who are ;,.; i hint's o ir di ily pi per we have onlv 1 t,of)0 i lit its statesville vs green-boro am greensboro doyvatei as csual d.i motts mastery o lilt pabty i n r tuiiir the fly-blowing that the north state and that most r â€¢> >.â– >â€¢ i'Â»lf por tion ol the hep in fan p \ . f surtli carol in i t which it i lead r have n ceived at the hands of the mott wiug of the party has brought 1 , r h k\ski pers and the north state i.iys in r - spects to dish-faced in i.i and his n i - enue riiiÂ«/ster.-i in north cuiuiinu wiin gloves i tl it is the old lcionul figl t ot sr.iti s hi itgiiin>t uiv-cuaboru jlott ag.iinsl keough and boy d with state ville mi top and with mott seated mo e firmly in the saddle than li . wr was before i'he topic predicted ov.-r 1 y.;ar ago that if harrison were eta teil dr mott would bean influential man in tht uepublican ranks but it did nut anticipate such an overwhelming scoop ol patronage its he has grabbed hew more of a boss than he ever was \\ : took for granted that president harri son would compel the north carolina factions to settle their differences and to divide out the pap among them selves he has not done so but u;is sidetl with tun faction ui hanutti u/.e the little \ irginian lie va the origi.o tor of the liberal muvtia nt of jns that w,.s so sterile of results and that has always be n so unpopular with the rank ami file of the republicans v â€¢ he clings to the idea that underlies tual movement 1 " with teuaeity ami insions;bility upon his shoulder of so far turning his biu-k upnu h < i the north ciroliua roptiuiunii repn sentatives in cougressi i*xc pt r.vait and upon thegre.it iu.is.iof the respect able element ot the party m the suite di represented by the north r3t.it 1 , a to give the whole disputing uf patron age to the doctor iv.vart onh got in to the ring by swearing fealh t mott this programme ( it is not necessary ro speak of it particularly at present i 1 a shrewd but visionary dream of the aoclor and c.1.1 nevei tie carried through without the co-operation of the north state whig and 11 may !â€¢.â– set down for a fact that hu will never receive tl.it it involves a complete revolution with in the ranks of the republican party mr james e uoyd one of the edi tors of tbe north state was one of the eleciors-at-large on the harrison ticktt last fall was fora ioiil time distlict attorney and is said to l>e tli nblt*st repitblican speaker iu the state vet he receives nothing a r 1 1 â€¢ â– othce he sought the district attorneyship was _ i \ en to captain price a liberal con vert of iss2 a iu in vvli > is t:!i;ir^'',l with being a democrat cÂ«>ngressinau lirower hsu no influence at the \\ 1 1 i * Â« Â» hoa e and has to e ol his shins in the ante-rooms while dr m tt chitsco ily with the dish-faced man within the inner circle not content with treat iug the congressman v i t li contempt the administration's underling eaves and white white's wife is said to bo kiii to harrison are charged with the invention of using the revi tine ma chine to defe.it l mv't price is a dem nr.it i i charged ai anv rate a true-blue k p ibliciin h .-â– the north state seeu any significance in the fact that district attorney i'ri 1 h;;s not lesigri h his petition i-s attor roniev for the richmond nnd d-uville k lilro id company - la not t ye.ir fees as district nttorucj euuiigli for him does the north state \>< ,., v i i,i re is any permanence iu price - appoint meiit to the di-t r l &\ â– .:;â€¢â€¢ - ship j'iii is not a democratic l'.viaiiii uluujmi it li l v at iii^-il t is pluvÂ«d ill ., ; â– . j .; . whl ti â– â€¢ lui iwrlj